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Electromagnetism

Electricity · Magnetism
Electrostatics Electric charge • Coulomb's law • Electric field • Electric flux • Gauss's law • Electric potential energy • Electric potential • Electrostatic induction • Electric dipole moment • Polarization density
Magnetostatics Ampère's law • Electric current • Magnetic field • Magnetization • Magnetic flux • Biot–Savart law • Magnetic dipole moment • Gauss's law for magnetism
Electrodynamics Lorentz force law • emf • Electromagnetic induction • Faraday’s law • Lenz's law • Displacement current • Maxwell's equations • EM field • Electromagnetic radiation • Liénard–Wiechert potential • Maxwell tensor • Eddy current
Electrical Network Electrical conduction • Electrical resistance • Capacitance • Inductance • Impedance • Resonant cavities • Waveguides
Covariant formulation Electromagnetic tensor • EM Stress-energy tensor • Four-current • Electromagnetic four-potential
Scientists Ampère • Coulomb • Faraday • Gauss • Heaviside • Henry • Hertz • Lorentz • Maxwell • Tesla • Volta • Weber • Ørsted
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In physics, Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem, is a law of physics. The law is about understanding the difference between the release of electric charge to the resulting electric field.

The law was created by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835. However, it was not published until 1867. It is one of the four Maxwell's equations which is about the basis of classical electrodynamics. The other three being Gauss's law for magnetism, Faraday's law of induction, and Ampère's circuital law.